Jutta Wellmann has worked an impressive 43 years at the Landrat Lucas Grammar School in Leverkusen-Opladen. The long-standing school coordinator at the Bayer 04 partner school ended her role on 30 June and was given a fitting departure from the school service on her final working day. A large number of colleagues organised a journey through her places of activity and the hired Bayer 04 Schwadbus stopped at the school and the sports college, Bayer AG, TSV Bayer 04 and the Kurtekotten Performance Centre.
Fortunately, Wellmann will continue to work for Bayer 04 and carry on looking after the talents of the Werkself at the sports college and in the club. In the past she has shown great commitment in supporting the numerous young talents on their dual path. That includes Kai Havertz, Danny da Costa, Benjamin Henrichs, Pauline Wimmer, Pauline Machtens and recently Florian Wirtz. We congratulate you on your impressive professional career and wish you all the best for the future, Jutta.
The Bayer 04 club history is a year older. The Works club from Leverkusen celebrates 117 years on 1 July. A lot of Werkself fans have taken the opportunity to send their congratulations via social media. For example, 'Tine' rights: "Since I started being excited about football many years ago, my football heart has been beating for this club. In spite of highs and lows, I don't regret a second!" Here's to many more years with you, dear fans!
After the announcement of the move for Gianna Rackow to RB Leipzig, another player in the Bayer 04 Women's team is joining the ambitious second division side. Defender Frederike Kempe has penned a contract to 2023 in Saxony. The 24-year-old signed for Leverkusen in 2015 from FSV Gütersloh. Good luck to you both.
As announced by the streaming service DAZN this week, the Women's Champions League will be freely accessible from next season on an independent YouTube channel. Three teams from the FLYERALARM Women's Bundesliga will be in the competition in 2021/22. The champions Bayern Munich are joined by VfL Wolfsburg and TSG Hoffenheim.
The Bayer 04 Women ended last season two points behind a Champions League qualifying place in the Bundesliga. Finishing fifth with an impressive 33 points represents a record season for the Women in the club's history.
Finally we have a Black and Red video tip for you. Bayer 04 TV brings you the best moments from and with Aleksandar Dragovic who will play for Red Star Belgrade next season after five years with the Werkself. In addition, the Austrian sends a personal farewell message to the Bayer 04 fans. Much success for the future, Drago. HERE is the video...
The second friendly and the first goal for the Bayer 04 Women: The Werkself just missed out on their first win in the preseason away to top-flight Dutch side PEC Zwolle. The team led by coach Roberto Pätzold drew 1-1 on Friday afternoon in Wezep. As with the friendly against TSG Hoffenheim (0-2) a number of first-team players were absent. The coach once again shared out time on the pitch for the 20-player squad. The goal of the match was scored by summer signing Vanessa Fudalla (67').
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Continuity under the Cross: After the successful season in 2024/25 with reaching the final of the VBL Club Championship, the two Leverkusen e-sports players Marc and Sean Landwehr have extended their contracts at Bayer 04 by an additional two years. Marc is thereby in his sixth year and Sean in his third year with the Werkself. Together with e-talent Marcus Hüttemann, who has also extended his stay at Bayer 04 Bayer year, completes the current squad for the 2025/26 season.
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An average of over 3,500 fans supported the Werkself at away games last season. Looking forward to the 2025/26 season, Bayer 04 now provide information on ticket sales for away games. The previous 0 sales phase is being replaced by the Regulars phase.
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The German Football League (DFL) has confirmed the details for the first five matchdays in the 2025/26 Bundesliga season. Read on for details of the fixtures.
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